![]() ![]() ![]() He is a masterful author of erotic horror – his best works are compiled in the book Scared Stiff. He has written numerous novels and short stories about serial killers, and is perhaps one of the first authors to do so in the first person – The Face That Must Die is copyrighted 1979. I mentioned in my introductory post on horror masters that good horror authors typically have one or more ‘themes’ to their work – general concepts or visions that are expressed frequently by the author. He quickly distinguished himself as a unique voice with a beautiful, eloquent literary style. The British native Campbell has been a published horror writer for over forty years now, and started his career like many of the greats: writing pastiches of H.P. ![]() If you’re a fan of horror, though, and you’ve never read any works of Ramsey Campbell, you haven’t read horror. The shelves of your local bookstores, which no doubt carry dozens of copies of the latest King and Koontz may at best have one recent Campbell novel lurking about. I thought I’d start my discussion of ‘Masters of Horror’ by talking about my favorite horror author of all time, and perhaps one of the most unappreciated horror authors ever. ![]()
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